Hadith 59

r him, we would have left him’. Then Ali-asws travelled to his house and demolished it, and his brother was Nuaym Bin Hubeyra, a Shia of Ali-asws, an advisor. Masqalah wrote to him from Syria with a man from the Christians of Tabligh called Hulwan, ‘As for after, I have spoken to Muawiya regarding you and he has promised you the prestige and will confer the governance to you, so come back the moment you meet my messenger. And the greetings’. Malik Bin Ka’ab Al-Arhaby seized him and departed with him to Ali-asws. He-asws seized his letter and read it, then brought him forwards and cut off his hand, and he died. And Nuaym wrote a poem to Masqalah containing his refusal and his misery’’. [110]
It is narrated to me by Ibn Abu Sayf, from Abdul Rahman Bin Jundab, from his father, who said, ‘It was said to Ali-asws when Maqalah had fled: ‘Return those who had been captured, and their price has not been fulfilled regarding the liberating’. He-asws said: ‘That isn’t among the right judgments. They had been liberated when the one who had bought them, liberated them, and my-asws wealth became a debt upon the one who had bought them’’. [111]
Ibrahim said, ‘And it is reported by Abdul Rahman in Jundab, from his father, ‘When it reached Ali-asws the casualties of the clan of Najiya and the killing of their master, he-asws said: ‘May his mother drop him! How deficient was his intellect and his audacity! He betrayed me once. He said, ‘Among your-asws companions there are men from I fear would separate from you-asws, so what is your-asws view regarding them? ’
I-asws said: ‘I-asws neither seize upon the accusation, nor do I-asws punish upon the guess, nor do I-asws fight except the one who opposes me-asws and establishes hostility to me-asws and manifests the enmity towards me-asws’. Then I-asws wouldn’t fight him until I-asws invite him and present (a chance) to excuse him. If he repents and retracts, we accept from him, and if he refuses except intending upon battling us, we seek Assistance with Allah-azwj against him and we accomplish it. So, refrain from me for as long as Allah-azwj until he came to me once again. He said to me, ‘I fear that Abdullah Bin Wahab and Zayd Bin Husayn Al-Taie is spoiling matters upon you-asws. I heard them both mentioning you-asws with such things, if you-asws had heard them you-asws would have let them separate until you-asws would have killed them, or bind them, so they would not have ceased to be in your-asws custody, ever! ’
I-asws said to him: ‘I-asws hereby consult you regarding them, so what are you instructing me-asws with? ’ He said, ‘I instruct you-asws that you-asws call them and strike off both their necks’. So, I-asws knew that there was neither piety for him nor any intellect. I-asws said to him: ‘By Allah-azwj! I-asws do not think there is any piety for you nor any intellect. It would have been befitting for you to learn that I-asws do not kill one who does not fight me-asws, and does not manifest enmity to me-asws